LSU adds QB to top-ranked class

BATON ROUGE – He was not LSU’s first choice, but LSU will be the choice of Zachary quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr., who said on his Twitter account Sunday afternoon that he will sign a scholarship with the Tigers on national signing day Wednesday. He became LSU’s 23rd commitment for the class, which is ranked No. 1 in the nation by the 247Sports recruiting website.

“After talking to my family, with plenty of prayer, I’ve decided to commit to LSU,” Scott tweeted on Sunday after visiting LSU over the weekend.

The Tigers offered Scott (5-11, 205 pounds) of Zachary High in the Baton Rouge area a scholarship on January 19. In November LSU lost long term commitment Feleipe Franks, the No. 3 ranked pro- style quarterback in the country by Rivals.com of Wakulla High in Crawfordville, Florida, to Florida and quarterback guru head coach Jim McElwain. LSU then jumped onto Dwayne Haskins Jr., the No. 5 drop-back quarterback in the country out of Bullis High in Potomac, Maryland, who considered LSU briefly before committing to Ohio State.

LSU then fell back to Scott, who is not ranked nationally by Rivals.com as a dual-threat quarterback, but is considered the No. 49 overall prospect in Louisiana. ESPN ranks Scott as the No. 41 dual threat quarterback in the nation. LSU head coach Les Miles and offensive coordinator Cam Cameron visited Scott at his home on Thursday, and Scott and his family were at LSU on Saturday.

Scott, who has 4.5 speed in the 40-yard dash, threw for 3,040 yards and 33 touchdowns and rushed for 1,963 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2015 as he led Zachary to the Class 5A state title and a 14-1 record. He threw for 2,231 yards and 24 touchdowns as a junior in 2014 while rushing for 965 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Scott, who has a 3.8 grade point average at Zachary, also had scholarship offers from Air Force, Army, Colgate, Grambling, Harvard, Louisiana-Monroe, Maryland, Navy, New Mexico State, Rutgers, Southern, Syracuse, Tulane and Wake Forest, among others. He visited Maryland on January 22 and Rutgers on January 24.

LSU’s class of 2016 remained No. 2 in the nation on Sunday behind No. 1 Ohio State, according to Rivals.com. 247Sports has LSU No. 1 and Ohio State No. 2. ESPN’s team rankings also has LSU at No. 1 and Ohio State at No. 2.

LSU last had a No. 1 class in Rivals.com’s rankings in 2003 under former head coach Nick Saban. Miles had the No. 2 class in Rivals.com in 2014 and in 2009 with Alabama No. 1 in both years. Miles’ 2009 class was No. 1 and Alabama No. 2 in the 247Sports rankings.